If someone is missing from the list, it's not necessarily because I don't agree with them (although that's true in some cases). I did not include those with whom I'm not familiar, because I can't make a recommendation one way or another with any confidence. If you see someone missing from this list whom you think belongs on it, comment or email me and let me know who they are, where they are running, and why they are worth supporting.
There are candidates who should be on this list, especially closer to the top of the ticket. So far, I've not seen proof that many deserve to be here, however, which is why they have been left off. It is very worth our time and effort to try and convince these candidates to focus more on liberty and less on pandering, but I suspect those pleas will fall on deaf ears. That doesn't mean we should stop trying.
As I said in 2012: remember, undervoting or voting 3rd Party is always an option, especially in some of these races (like strong Republican Districts with bad Republican candidates). I personally prefer undervoting most of the time myself (for example, my Primary ballot had 12 races on it, and I only voted on 5 of those). The problem with undervoting is candidates don't always know if that was on purpose, by oversight, or just because some voters are lazy and only vote at the top of the ticket--although if the numbers were high enough, I think they would figure out that 40% (or whatever the number is) didn't miss their race by accident or laziness.
Statewide
Secretary of State: Wayne Williams++ = competitive seat, your support (time, money and word of mouth) can help influence a close race in this district.
Congressional
Congressional District 5: Doug Lamborn*Congressional District 7: Don Ytterberg+
* = safe Republican seat, so while you should support these candidates with your vote if you are in their district, there are other candidates in "tougher" races who have greater need of your time and financial support.
+ = competitive seat, your support (time, money and word of mouth) can help influence a close race in this district.
CU Board of Regents
Congressional District 6: John Carson++ = competitive seat, your support (time, money and word of mouth) can help influence a close race in this district.
State Board of Education
Congressional District 7: Laura Boggs++ = competitive seat, your support (time, money and word of mouth) can help influence a close race in this district.
State Senate
Senate District 2: Kevin Grantham*Senate District 5: Don Suppes+
Senate District 9: Kent Lambert*
Senate District 13: John Cooke*
Senate District 15: Kevin Lundberg*
Senate District 16: Tim Neville+
Senate District 19: Laura Woods+
Senate District 20: Larry Queen+
Senate District 22: Tony Sanchez
Senate District 30: Chris Holbert*
Senate District 32: Dawne Murray
State House
House District 2: Jon RobertsHouse District 9: Celeste Gamache
House District 14: Dan Nordberg*
House District 16: Janak Joshi*
House District 22: Justin Everett*
House District 26: Chuck McConnell
House District 28: Stacia Kuhn
House District 29: Susan Kochevar
House District 34: Alexander "Skinny" Winkler
House District 39: Polly Lawrence*
House District 44: Kim Ransom*
House District 45: Patrick Neville*
House District 46: Brian Mater
House District 49: Perry Buck*
House District 51: Brian DelGrosso*
House District 55: Dan Thurlow*
House District 57: Bob Rankin*
House District 62: Marcy Freeberg
House District 63: Lori Saine*
House District 64: Tim Dore*
House District 65: Jon Becker*
* = safe Republican seat, so while you should support these candidates with your vote if you are in their district, there are other candidates in "tougher" races who have greater need of your time and financial support.
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